Prevalence and Correlates of Physical Disability and Functional Limitation among Elderly Rural Population in Nigeria

Table 5

Adjusted prevalence ratios for associations between sociodemographic and health related variables and poor physical function among elderly rural Nigerian.

Variables	Physical disability*; as-dependent variable (𝑛=1824)	Functional limitation; as-dependent variable (𝑛=1824)
Age  group
60–64	1.0	1.0
65–69	3.1 (2.2, 3.6)	5.2 (3.7, 7.8)
70–74	14.4 (10.2, 17.6)	7.5 (5.4, 11.2)
≥75	22.2 (14.5, 36.8)	10.5 (5.4, 16.4)
Female	3.6 (1.5, 7.4)	9.3 (3.7, 18.3)
Self  reported  chronic  medical  condition **
Diabetes mellitus	6.1 (4.3, 7.1)	3.8 (3.1, 5.2)
Stroke	4.8 (3.7, 7.9)	3.6 (2.2, 5.4)
Arthritis	3.7 (2.6, 4.6)	5.2 (3.5, 6.8)
Presence  of  depressive-symtomatology **	4.2 (3.3, 5.9)	6.4 (4.7, 9.2)
Presenting  visual  acuity
Normal	1.0	1.0
Mild-to-moderate visual impairment	5.2 (3.4, 7.3)	3.8 (2.5, 6.7)
Blind	6.6 (3.6, 11.9)	4.7 (2.2, 10.4)